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A former Charleston judicial officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the U.S. Department of Justice, after investigators uncovered thousands of files during a cyber exploitation investigation. James Benjamin Gosnell Jr., 69, of Charleston, admitted to the charges after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed…
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Few modern criminal justice stories have carried the tragic irony of Leonard Cure’s life. After losing clost to 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Cure finally walked free with the opportunity to rebuild his future. He was released from prison on April 14, 2020, and subsequently exonerated on December 14,…
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Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a high-stakes death penalty dispute, seeking permission to carry out the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen hypoxia despite lower court rulings that found the method likely violates the Constitution. The emergency request, filed Thursday morning, June 11, 2026, comes just hours…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly preparing to drop federal criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after his legal team argued that the ongoing prosecution was standing in the way of a proposed $10 billion investment in the United States. According to Reuters, the possible dismissal comes after Adani hired attorney Robert…
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A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Edward Busby, citing unresolved constitutional questions surrounding whether he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for execution under U.S. law. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued the 2-1 ruling ahead of Busby’s planned Thursday execution,…
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The Fulton County Board of Elections is challenging a federal grand jury subpoena that seeks personal identifying information for nearly 3,000 poll workers who participated in Georgia’s 2020 election. The subpoena raises legal questions about prosecutorial authority, election worker privacy, and the limits of federal investigative power. Attorney Danielle Bess drew national attention to the…
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a sweeping policy shift to resume federal executions, marking a significant reversal of the 2021 moratorium and signaling a broader expansion of capital punishment at the federal level. In a statement released last Friday, the DOJ confirmed it is actively seeking death sentences against 44 defendants and…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is facing renewed legal and political scrutiny after its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced a formal audit into the agency’s handling of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The audit will assess the DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), a law requiring the…
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Federal authorities have escalated enforcement efforts against Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, a 45-year-old Nigerian national and lawful permanent resident of the United States, following her failure to self-surrender to begin serving a 96-month sentence imposed for her role in a multi-jurisdictional romance fraud conspiracy. On April 14, 2026, U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Phillips Currault signed a…
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A viral social media video by attorney and content creator Joanne Lee Molinaro is drawing renewed legal scrutiny to federal human trafficking statutes, following a controversial immigration enforcement incident involving construction workers in Maryland. In the video, Molinaro points to 18 U.S.C. § 1589—the federal forced labor statute—warning that obtaining labor and then leveraging immigration…
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